RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

RIM has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry attachment service for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013 addresses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory has been updated to include Microsoft Fix It 50591 that prevents the recursive loading of CSS style sheets in Internet Explorer as a mitigation for this vulnerability. Exploitation of this...

Microsoft Releases January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletin and follow...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 use-after-free Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of circular memory references. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user or cause a denial-of-service...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its January release will contain two bulletins. These bulletins will have the severity ratings of critical and important and will be for Microsoft Windows. Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11...

Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.6.6

Apple has released Mac OS X v10.6.6 to address a vulnerability affecting PackageKit. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article HT4498 and apply any...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory

Microsoft has released security advisory 2490606 to alert users of a vulnerability affecting the Windows Graphics Rendering Engine. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. US-CERT...

WordPress.org has released WordPress 3.0.4

WordPress.org has released WordPress 3.0.4 to address a vulnerability in the HTML sanitation library. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to insert arbitrary HTML and script code into the browser session. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress.org...

RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

RIM has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry attachment service for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Releases December Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SharePoint, and Exchange as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with elevated...

Google Releases Chrome 8.0.552.224

Google has released Chrome 8.0.552.224 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome Releases blog entry and apply any...

RealNetworks Releases Security Update for RealPlayer

RealNetworks, Inc. has released an update for RealPlayer to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the RealNetworks notice released on December 10, 2010 and appl...

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6.13

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.6.13 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with elevated privileges, spoof the location bar, or operate with elevated privileges. The Mozilla foundation has also released...

WordPress Releases Version 3.0.3

WordPress has released WordPress 3.0.3 to address a vulnerability. Execution of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to operate with elevated privileges. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress Codex document for version 3.0.3 and apply any necessary updates to hel...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for December Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its December release will contain 17 bulletins. Two of these bulletins will have a severity rating of critical and will be for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. Fourteen of the bulletins will have a severity rati...

Apple Releases QuickTime 7.6.9

Apple has released QuickTime 7.6.9 to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or obtain sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article...

WordPress Releases WordPress 3.0.2

WordPress has released WordPress 3.0.2 to address a vulnerability that may allow a malicious Author-level user to gain further access to the site, to fix multiple software bugs, and to provide additional security enhancements. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress bl...

Internet Systems Consortium BIND Vulnerabilities

The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has released three advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting BIND. The first advisory, CVE-2010-3613, addresses a vulnerability in BIND versions 9.6.2 to 9.6.2-P2, 9.6-ESV to 9.6-ESV-R2, and 9.70 to 9.7.2-P2. This vulnerability exists when cache...

Potential WikiLeaks Phishing Scams

In the past, US-CERT has received reports of phishing scams and malware campaigns related to topics that are of high-interest to the U.S. Government or news media, such as the WikiLeaks website. Users' systems have been compromised by receiving and accessing phishing emails with subject lines tha...

VMware Releases Security Patch for ESX

VMware has released a security patch for ESX to address a vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a local user to gain additional privileges on the affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review VMware knowledgebase article 1029397 and apply any necessa...